Astúrias · Spain Capital
In the destination Asturias and Cantabria.
In the photo: Catedral de San Salvador, Oviedo
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The city
Oviedo is the capital of Asturias and was the capital of the former Kingdom of Asturias in the 9th and 10th centuries. From that time remain the monuments of Asturian pre-Romanesque, a World Heritage: the Cámara Santa, inside the Gothic cathedral, the church of San Julián de los Prados and, on Monte Naranco, Santa María del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo. The old town has the square and market of Fontán, the street Gascona, known for its cider bars, with the Foncalada fountain, the Museo de Bellas Artes and the Museo Arqueológico. The Parque de San Francisco lies next to the teatro Campoamor. It is the starting point of the Caminho Primitivo.
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The local experience
Gothic Catedral de San Salvador, built from the 13th to the 16th century, with the 9th-century Cámara Santa, a World Heritage, which houses the Cruz de los Ángeles, the Cruz de la Victoria and the Arca Santa.
Old palace of King Ramiro I, built around 842 on Monte Naranco and later converted into a church; a masterpiece of Asturian pre‑Romanesque and a World Heritage site.
Palatine church of King Ramiro I on monte Naranco, from the 9th century, of which one third remains, with reliefs of acrobats and mural paintings; World Heritage.
Pre-Romanesque church from the early 9th century, commissioned by Afonso II, the largest preserved from the period, with mural paintings of architectural motifs inspired by Roman art; World Heritage.
Main art museum of the Astúrias, opened in 1980 in three historic buildings near the cathedral, with works by El Greco, Goya, Ribera, Picasso and Asturian painters.
Regional archaeological museum in the former monastery of San Vicente, next to the cathedral, with pieces from prehistory, the castros, the Roman period and Asturian pre-Romanesque, arranged around a cloister.
Rua of Oviedo's cider bars, known as the cider boulevard, which ends at the Foncalada fountain from the 9th century, considered the oldest civil monument in continuous use in Spain.
Arcaded square in Oviedo's old town, with colorful 17th-century houses, and the iron market beside it, with stalls selling Asturian products and an outdoor market.
Oviedo's central park, on the site of the former kitchen garden of a Franciscan convent, with century-old trees, lakes and free-roaming peacocks, next to the Campoamor theatre, venue of the Prêmios Princesa das Astúrias.
Routes in Spain
The oldest route to Santiago: from Oviedo, through the mountains of the Astúrias and via Lugo and its Roman walls, on foot to the cathedral of Compostela.
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